Species Clostridium thermautotrophicum

Name: Clostridium thermautotrophicum corrig. Wiegel et al. 1982

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. masc. pron. autos, self; Gr. masc./fem. n. trophos, a feeder; N.L. neut. adj. thermautotrophicum, self-feeding in heat, indicating that the organism grows at elevated temperatures and uses CO2 as its principal carbon source for growth

Gender: neuter

Type strains: ATCC 33924; DSM 1974; JW 701/3

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16S rRNA gene: X58353 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wiegel J, Braun M, Gottschalk G. Clostridium thermoautotrophicum species nova, a thermophile producing acetate from molecular hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Curr. Microbiol. 1981; 5:255-260.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 9. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:384-385.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Moorella thermoacetica (Fontaine et al. 1942) Collins et al. 1994

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Clostridium thermoautotrophicum (sic) Wiegel et al. 1982	orthographically incorrect name, misspelling
Moorella thermoautotrophica (Wiegel et al. 1982) Collins et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published
Clostridium thermoaceticum (sic) Fontaine et al. 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, misspelling
Clostridium thermaceticum corrig. Fontaine et al. 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published
Moorella thermoacetica (Fontaine et al. 1942) Collins et al. 1994	heterotypic synonym, validly published

Notes:
- According to Redl et al. (2020), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Clostridium thermaceticum corrig. Fontaine et al. 1942 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Redl S, Poehlein A, Esser C, Bengelsdorf FR, et al. Genome-Based comparison of all species of the genus Moorella, and status of the species Moorella thermoacetica and Moorella thermoautotrophica. Front Microbiol 2020; 10:3070.
- According to Redl et al. (2020), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Moorella thermoacetica (Fontaine et al. 1942) Collins et al. 1994. Publication: Redl S, Poehlein A, Esser C, Bengelsdorf FR, et al. Genome-Based comparison of all species of the genus Moorella, and status of the species Moorella thermoacetica and Moorella thermoautotrophica. Front Microbiol 2020; 10:3070.
- According to Redl et al. (2020), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Clostridium thermoaceticum (sic) Fontaine et al. 1942 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Redl S, Poehlein A, Esser C, Bengelsdorf FR, et al. Genome-Based comparison of all species of the genus Moorella, and status of the species Moorella thermoacetica and Moorella thermoautotrophica. Front Microbiol 2020; 10:3070.
- Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
- The original spelling, Clostridium thermoautotrophicum (sic), has been corrected by Cato et al. 1986. Publication: Cato EP, George WL, Finegold SM. Genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880, 23AL. In: Sneath PHA, Mair NS, Sharpe ME, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 2, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1986, p. 1141-1200.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Wiegel J, Braun M, Gottschalk G. Clostridium thermoautotrophicum species nova, a thermophile producing acetate from molecular hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Curr. Microbiol. 1981; 5:255-260.

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